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WM. T. WOFFORD, EDITOR.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS, PUBLISHER.
CA8SYILLE. GEORGIA:
Thursday, December 9, 1852.
AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD,
Who will forward Subscriptions, Adverti
sing and Job-iVork.
J. II. Wiklc Cartcrsvillc.
K. W. Carr Philadelphia,
A Xcw Feature.
Desirous, as far as possible, of extending
the usefulness of the Standard, we propose
introducing a. department exclusively fur
feeFarmer. It is true that articles of this
nature have now and then appeared, but we
should have a column exclusively for this
purpose. To accomplish which, we earnest
ly solicit from our friends contributions up
on this subject, in its general nature—em
bracing the best manner of cultivating the
Making Serresioi
We are not a little Burpm|^Hiat some
of the anti-compromise presrf ■*Geor^ :
boldly assert that the right of peaceable se
cession is, and always has been, maintained
different crops, raising of stock, treatment ofj h J, tL * Democratic f^F- This position we
,feeir diseases, Ac.
Cartkrstillk, situated on the State Road, | lot I Eld Mil.
about one mile from the Etowah river, is „ q,i Benton, with all his foolish vanity,
the largest Commercial place in our county, gays many very good things. In a recent
containing some nine dry goods’ stores, sev- {speech to his constituents at St. Louis, he
end family groceries, one hotel and another ! congratulated them upon the fact that after
nearly completed. The situation of this the 3d of March next* all the departmental
place, near the Etowah river, in the finest j the Government will be in thehands of the
body of land in the county, —t— it caps- (.Democracy. He then exclaimed as follows:
ble of sustaining a good number of inhabit* <• < And what then ? will we deliver our-
ants, besides thetradc of the adjoining conn-' selves np to the joys of victory—do as King
tics, which is considerable. The Methodist j Pyrrhus proposed to do, after he should have
denomination have one neat and commodi- conquered the world, eat, drink, and be
ous church, and the Presbyterians are build- merry ? _ No! but work! hard! gravity and
ing another, which will be ready for use in : lsbor are to be our portion, and the fulfil-
a few months.. A large quantity of cotton ' meflt of g^t promises. We haveeompUin-
is bought at this place, and it is estimated to 1 ^ of ’ ,bn8e8 > 5s onr dut y to correct them,
be a considerable point. We hilve complained of extravagance, it is
Besides the rapid improvement along the onr dut y U We ha ™ reproached
line tf the Railroad, every section of our the 1V1,i 8» »ith latitudinous constructions of.
county shows evident signs of prosperity, j tLe constitution, it will be our duty to stick
We have four or five fine Flouring Mills, to strict constructions
two Iron Foundries, and one Iron factory,
In all these eo n
(plaints and reproaches we "have promised
The committee returned, and after consul
tation, reported the names of—
Joseph Bogle,
Wm. C. Wvet,
George H. Gilreath,
William Hardin,
Alfred M. Lurw,
as candidates for Justices of the Inferior
States have justified the hope that the crop
now on the ground would have produced a
yield even larger than the last crop; bat
Bins aid Scalds. >1 The Sarami lid tktir fitfMfc
The following observations on burns and i The progress made, and making, by ffeiff
, . ,. , . . scalds are from the New Tork Medical Ga- j singular sect is really extraordinary. It vi
“ n tT Sary *** * D M ’ A M * M » | truly Wonderful—there is nothing remm-
be entertained, *!nd the "Let recent°3 ,J‘. The f # h » Poetical subject in our pro- j bling it in the chronicles of the present or
trustworthy reports from the cotton-growing
f show that, while in the Now Orleans
i the general aspect of their crop is
Court for Cass county at the approaching . » are more apparent than in the remedies re- ! of a country to add to the reneral
election, on the 1st Monday in January . u^t unsatisfactory, yet m the Atlantic States «ArtP>! .1 - \ i. , , , | oi a counrry, to ana to tne general
, , ..... .1 .lL _ , , . sorted to in the cases of scalds and burns,! and nrosocritv to contribute to th<
next, and recommended them to the people tMe appearance of the plant has become so - ™ ospeniy, w cownnuie to iw
of Cass conniy for their suffrages, which unpromising that already apprehensions ex-
report was adopted. »• that the total product of the crop may
On motion, the proceedings were requested i b§ materially less than that of last year/
to be published in thcStandard. The meet- j
ing then adjournal
TURNER H: TR1PPE, Ch'n.
D. M. Hood, 8ec‘ry.
Cotton.
Ttxatioa ii Eislaid.
The revenue returns of Great Britain ex-
ibit a singular anomaly in legislation, and
demonstrate the inequalities of taxation, es-
,, , . , , .' ’! amendment—given oufhond to correct what
all doing good business. The farming m- . 6 ...
' we condemn, and to avoid wliat we reproaeh.
We have made ourselves debtors for great
terest is very prosperous; we raise a large
quantity of grain, and most of onr lands
services, and must pay. In all my observ-
readily yield from eight hundred to a thou- , ancc of ^ workIngg of this Government, I
sand pounds of cotton, per acre. Taking ; j, avc no t geen a time which required more
into consideration the fertility and variety j 8teadinegs and firmness, more prudence and
of our soil, our immense water power, and
convenience to market, we know of no place
more desirably as a residence, than the
county of C 4 )
i Tf&^OuMrrary.
ttleBn^HI^EEat som
>mise presff d^Georaii
He also intend, in a very short time, ad
ding a table, which, alone, will be worth
Ten Dollars to any individual.
T» the Citizru* of C8ss, Cordon, if.
The citixens of those counties for which
we advertise, and in which our paper cir
culates, will please interest themselves so
far in our behalf, as to obtain a few names
as subscribers to the Standard. The people
of Cats, especially, should interest them
selves in this matter; for surely every com
munity feels it incumbent upon them to con
tribute their j ortion towards any institution
o? individual laboring for the general good.
If a slave, or even a horse, serves an indi
vidual well, he is certain to be well cared
for; how much more, then, should a com
munity feel like sustaining the Press of
their couiity, which every one feels and
knows is working for the general good; not
withstanding, in its political sentiments, ma
ny may very widely differ with it. We tell
you, friends, though we believe our paper
is quite as good as any of the country press,
wo arc determined still to improve it. To do
this, of course, requires on expenditure of
money: We confidently look to increased
Support from our people, to enable us to ef
fect these improvements.
Who will tend tit the largest list of new sub
tenant
Oar Coaaty.
We promised in our last week’s issue, to
give a short sketch of the present condition
and rapid improvement of our county.
CaasyiLLE, the couuty site, is not in as
flourishing a. condition os formerly; owing
to its situation, some two milos from the
State Railroad—but our townsmen, unwil
ling to see the place sink, have been ardent
ly laboring for its advancement, and an ef
fort is now being made for the establishment
of good schools, which,-we think, will most
effectually accomplish this object. At pres
ent, we have a good male and female school,
under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Neely,
whom, we are pleased to learn, give entire
satisfaction to their patrons. An effort is
being made by the Itcv. C. A. Crowell, to
raise, by individual subscription, the’sum of
eight thousand dollars, for the purpose of
erecting, at this place, suitable buildings foe
a Female .College, and we are gratified t<r
learn that he has already sonic five thou
sand dollars subscribed by responsible men.
We have great confidence that Mr. Crowell
will succeed in this very praiseworthy ob
ject; indeed a man of his energy and perse
verance never fuils. With good schools our
town will flourish, ns there is not a more
healthy, location, or moral community in
Upper Georgia.
Asaimtille is situated on the State Road,
near the line of Gordon county, containing
seven hundred inhabitants, seven dry
stores, two family groceries, two ho
tel*, one. academy, and a good number of
mechanics’ shops. There is, in course of
erection, and nearly completed, a large and
weil arranged Hotel, three stories high, and
which will be by far, the best house in the
County. Also, an extensive, unfinished
brick building, which was intended by the
former Superintendent of the State Road,
"tot a Machine shop, which we learn will lie
completed for some manufacturing purpose.
Adairsvillc is situated in the lower part of
tite beautiful and fertile valley of Oothcalo-
gt, and is capable of supporting a large
number of inhabits: its; and from its al
ready rapid improvement, and the public
tydriiaad energy of its citizens, we predict
fait* prosperity which few at its friends
Knratros is mtuated ten miles below A-
iahatlllf. where the Rome Rood intersects
tte 8toto Bond; and at fern time is giving
aaare a video ce of public spirit and mar
ia any other village in the
The good people of Kingston have
mush to be fraud of; s abut time since.
It wus aetod for its wiekednt:* eaddr-
heoeeforth it will he neag-
: as a moral and religious community,
sen now in this Village, two exceed-
handaMne churches about being fluish-
leagiag, one to flu Tlsptht. the odor
in contemplation by the Msthadist.
are three schools in the vicinity; a
school for the
one for vaunt ran and Imk l
fit-W.Bowsed. aad
loheal. br Mn. Yemen, lo
different breaches ore taught, ffmgrtnu
hiss feaoutHUl aad healthy loeafffm. and
ptaperty holders will soon learn that they
htve made profitable investments.
did not expect would be so readily assumed,
(in the face of so many facts to the contra
ry) by State rights' men,who have so recent
ly come into the Democratic party; we
thought, they would follow, at least, for a
time, and not attempt to lead—but they are
so restless, that they have not the prudence
to wait until they are naturalized even before
attempting to dictate or engraft principles
that were opposed and repudiated by such
men as Madison and Jackson. Ours is
constitutional government, formed by the
people in their individual capacity, and not
a confederacy of 8tatea, as they would have
us to believe. The constitution is the fun
damental law of the land; and we want it
strictly construed ; we, together with every
other lover of American liberty, are opposed
to the General Governmcwt: infringing upon
the reserved rights of the States; but at the
same time, we never can admit the right of
one State to withdraw from the Union, to
the injury and ruin of all the other States.
This would be putting it iu the power of a
small majority of a single State, who refus
ed to obey the laws of Congress, to destroy
our existence as a nation. To assert that
any State may secede or withdraw from the
Union at pleasure, whenever it thinks a law
of Congress unconstitutional or oppressive,
is at war with every principle of an estab
lished Government, If such should become
the acknowledged opinion of any considera
ble number of our States, the Union fquM
not last a year; admit secession to be a
right, and it would be easy to create cir
cumstances to justify it; men desiring an
object, readily find an excuse for its accom
plishment. But wc feel that there is no
danger to be apprehended from the spread
of this dangerous doctrine; not even the sup
porters of McDonald, as a body, believe in
the right of peaceable secession; too many
of them belong to the Jackson school of De
mocrats, and they will not change their once
established views. Gen. Jackson's opinions
are well known upon this subject; in his
nullification proclamation, he says: «If any
State may at pleasure secede from the Un
ion, we are not a nationhe emphatically
denies the right. The opinions and views of
the trainers of the constitution are all incon
sistent with such a right. In the convention
thai formed the constitution, it had its op
ponents, and they were then called State
rights men, but they were overpowered, and
our present model Government established ;
and now men, with similar arguments and
like name, are attempting to give it a con
struction which failed to he engrafted on it,
at the time of its formation.
The Annexation of Cuba.
Since giving our views some weeks ago, of
the importance of Cuba to the United States,
there has been published, (Very unwisely we
think,) the secret negotiations of our Gov
ernment in relation to that Island, reaching
a number of years back. During the ad
ministration of President Polk, an effort was
made to purchase Cuba at the sum of one
hundred millions of dollars, but such was
the opposition of the Spanish nation, that
they replied that they would rather sec it
sink than to be transferred to any other
power. We have no doubt but that Spain
would he very loath to part with Cuba under
any circumstances; but we think the force
of events, which are rapidly taking place,
will cause her to agree to a : peaceable trans
fer of the Island. She will soon find that
the expense of maintaining her power in
Cuba, will absorb the revenues arising
therefrom, and that it will be to her interest
to make a sale. Bnt putting aside the true
policy of Spain in this matter, all of onr
national statesmen view the acquisition of
Cuba as almost indispensable to our com
mercial and maritine interest Situated
within a few hoar* sale of our Southern
shore, holding the key to the Gulf of Mexi-
its location alone, makes its acquisition
of vast importance, besides Its Unbounded
wealth aad resonrees. We regret to see
Srethera premej oppose a fair and honorable
purchase of Cuba—an event, We look upon,
aa inevitable. They argue that i J^ unlike our
fonrer acquisitions of territory, which were
thiajy inhabited. Cuba is thickly populated
by a nee of pa pie Afferent from ourselves;
it is time fhmJa an objection, lmt eon that
would not last kmg. la m few yearn after it
became ear territory, it wuaH be complete
ly Americanised hy tte energy and cator-
ftiseef ear utiasus, Give as bnt equal
fern .ytotfottsi
interest weald be bathe
Laid would
iy held aaeftoe in the bland. No
sa fes Globe, can eoa^are with
less fee 8paai
adarittod to be
Bfe hips'’ lad
•adnbt, bat feat GcaT Pierce's i
will am all fair and honors'
to acquire Cuba.
intelligence, more iron and less milk, in our
public men, than in the four years which
will commence on the fourth-day of March
next.’ ”
The above is an article we clip from the
col uuips of the Columbus Times. We know
not from whence it was originally culled
Be that as it may—it is to be presumed that
the sentiments therein contained are father
ed by the Times ; this is a fair conclusion,
we believe. Taking that for granted, then,
this journal, we arc happy to perceive, has,
in the language of this article; exhibited a
spirit that we have anxiously looked for a
because, in a manner, it acknowledges what
we believe will be true, but what it has for
merly denied.
W’e say we are beginning to indulge this
hope, from the language of the above article.
But, be assured, friends, ours is a very
faint hope.” Rabid individuals bnt sel
dom recover. But upon what do we found
these remarks ? The caption of the article
under allusion, as well as' remarks append
ed, decidedly approve the sentiments of Mr.
Benton What are those sentiments ? Read
in the conclusion of the short extract, and
you will perceive that Mr. Benton says—
In all my observations of the workings of
this Government, I have not seen a time
which required more steadiness and finn-
ness, more prudence and intelligence, more
iron and Itss milk, in our public men,
THAN IN THE FOUR YEARS WHICH WILL
COMMENCE ON THE FOURTH DAY OfMaRCH
NEXT!”
The Times has consented, then, that these
sentiments << arc not a bad idea.” And well
may he thus conclude. Truly will that
which is here spoken by a Benton be felt, in
the time specified; perhaps in the next ses
sion of our National Assembly, that over the
now placid waters may be seen to commence
the storm that shall again lash into fury
the public elements. But the memory of .a
recently departed Webster; may check, for
a season, abolition fanaticism on the one
hand, and that of a Clay, Southern preju
dice oh the other. We would hope their
bright examples and illustrious deeds, might
serve to dispel the hopes of fanatics from
any quarter; but, then, recent events have
given large room for fear of the future. So
long as the conservative party are kept in a
majority, we have no fears, but when the
people send to our National Council those
who would fly to extremes for ever so light
a cause, there is no security. To ward
against this we have striven, and eTer intend
to strive, though we know with but poor suc
cess, if a Rhett and all that party which be
fore gave us trouble, again represent ns.
We know the Times does not thus sanction
the prediction of Mr. Benton, but unthonght-
edly, it has published A'ot a Bad Idea ,*”
an article, we think, written by one holding
any other than the sentiments now and for
merly held by this journal; and it is never
the case that a journal copies the remarks
of the opposition, without its own remarks
precede or follow.
, I pcsially in reference to the poorer classes of
Cotton is by much the most important ele-! peopje
ment in the commerce of the world. It is j Propcrt y ^ ng in the United States>
the chief ami most valuable article both in the barden of taxatiotl> and
the domestic and export trade of the Uni- j utes mainlj - to the ^ t of the State Go .
ted States, ami is the great staple production Teril me»ts; while, with our trans-Atlantic
of the South; and not this contiucnt only, friend8f the ^ man dispropor
but the whole world, has a deep concern in tionately to the government revenues, al
Coffee,
Tobacco and Snuff,
Soap,
everything affecting the production ani
price of cotton, nence the anexiety and in
terest with which, on both sides of the At
lantic, is discussed the question of the prob
able amount of the present crop of cotton.—
A recent number of a British journal, the
Economist, presents’some facts and submits
some speculations concerning the probable
prices and production of the growing crop j( a jt
of cotton, which cannot fail to attract the | j{ 0 p S>
attention of the planter, the merchant, and j Sugar and Molaesw.
the manufacturer in the country,all of whom ' fea
(as is indeed the entire community) are vi
tally interested in the subject.
In Great Britain, the chief concern is as
to the supply of cotton'; with us the ques
tion is as to the price of cotton. In effect
these questions are one and the same, as the
supply determines the price. The Economist
is of opinion that the present crop of cotton
will command even a higher price than the
last, and it supports its conclusion by ad-
quatc arguments. The cotton crop of the
United Slates for the year ending August 31,
1852, reached 3,015,029 bales—being 659,-
772 bales increase upon the crop of the last
year, 918,323 bales increase upon the crop
of the year preceding the last, and 628,051
bales more than the average crop of the last
six years. But the increase of consumption
more than kept pace with the increase of
production, and hence the price was en
hanced and the stocks reduced. In Septem
ber of 1852 the price of cotton was twen
ty per cent- higher than in September of
1851. But the stocks were much smaller,
as appears from the following table:
Sept. 30, 18511 Sept, 30,1852.
Bales. Bales
Great Britain 530,000 560,000
France 9,000 49,000
Uem'nd'r of Europe Cl ,000 78,000
though his labor is not so liberally compen
sated as it is here. The heads of taxation
in Great Britain, which draw so heavily up
on the poorer classes, are Tea, Coffee, Sugar,
Molasses, Tobacco, and Malt. We condense
the Table of Annual Revenues for the year
ending September 5, 1852, with the various
subjects of taxation for that period:
£5,035,000
426,000
4,159,000
5,900,000
Spirits,
Wine,
Corn,
Paper,
Excise and other Licences,
Timber, Currants, Silks, Ac.
464,000
4,456,000
1,043,000
£21,473,000
8,551,000
1,776,000
504,900
934,000
1,907,000
2,452,000
For the Standard.
La Fayette, Ga., Nov. 25, 1852.
IV. T- Wofford, Esq. :
It will no doubt be interesting to yon, as
well as to every philanthropist and lover of
his country, to learn of the onward march
730,000 717,000
Wc have no exact information of the stock
in the United States, but presume it is not
greater than at the same period of last year
ao the prices in Europe are higher. This
phenomenon of a diminished s-oek and a
higher price, in the face of a largely-in
creased supply, is mccohnted for solely by a
greatly-increased’ consumption. In Great
Britain the weekly consumption of cotton in
1851 was 31,800 bales; in 1852 the consump
tion reached about 40,000 bales a week, or
2,000,000 per annum. On the continent
there has been a corresponding increase of
consumption. The direct shipments from
the United States to France in the present
year have been 120,017 bales more than in
the last, and to other parts of Europe 84,-
435 bales more. In the United States the
consumption of. 1850-51 was 404,000 baies;
of 1851-'52 it was 603,000 bales a conclu
sive contradiction, by the way, of the pre
tended distress of manufacturing interests in
this country. Thus it is seen that the in
crease in the consumption of cotton is great
er than the increase in production ; and we
have every reason to believe that this will
continue to be the case. The Economist
says, « extensive mills are niw in coarse of
erection in Great Britain,” and contends
that the consumption of cotton there wilt
continue to increase. We know that on the
continent of Europe, and especially in Ger
many, the consumption of cotton is increas
ing steadily and rapidly ; and in the United
States, notwithstanding the false alarms of
greedy capitalists, the example of thriving
iactories is daily calling additional spindles
into operation. It is not hazardous to assert
Total Customs and Excise, £37,597,500
Stamps, 6,529,000
Land Tax, £1,142,900
Window Tax, 1,044.800
Other assessed Taxes, 1,702,200
Property and Income Tax,
Post Office,
Crown Lands.
Other ordinary revenue,
-£3,789,900
5,440,300
2,422,100
353,000
702,911
of Temperance, throughout the length and
breadth of the land of liberty. In order to ^n'gTbe next twelve months the con
impart this interesting information, 1 have sumption of cotton throughout the world will
given a hasty sketch of the celebration of
the 4th anniversary of Lookout Division, No.
84, S. of T., located in La Fayette, Geo.
On Tncsday last, the 23d inst., being the
4th anniversary aforesaid, the members of
the Division were called together by the well
known sound of the Janiton, at half-past 5,
p. m., at the Temperance Hall. From
whence there soon issued a goodly number
of hale, hearty,* good looking men, both
young and old, wearing fee ensign or badge
of Temperance, and repaired to the Court
House, where the company was agreeably
and profitably entertained for a short time,
in a terse and practicable speech- from H.
B Johnston, D. G. W. P.—after which fee
Son* and all the company present partook of
a bountiful repast, prepared for fee occasion
by the Ladies.
In speaking of this celebration, one fact
continue to increase in an unprecedented
ratio. But from the most reliable accounts
the supply will not exceed, if indeed it will
equal, the supply of 1851-’52. Notwithstan
ding British experiment in Asia, Africa,
and the West Indies, upon the Southern
States of this Union the world is dependent
for its supply of cotton, (the flax substi
tute being ‘ a dead failure.) Is it probable,
then, feat the production of the Southern
States will be equal to the increased con
sumption we are led to expect ? Will the
supply keep pace with the demand ? Nobody
expects the crop of the present year to exceed
the crap of last year, whilst many suppose
it will be something less. The probable re
sult of the growing crop is estimated at a-
bout 3,000,000 bales by persona competent
to pronounce in the matter. Thus, while
fee consumption increases, the production
should not be forgotten—L e.—four yean ; the Mpply lag8
ago this Division was organized, and during; the demaB , L Uence well-foun-
tha« time they have never foiled to hold j dedeoae t cs i OD that the prices of cotton will
fefl®!** weekly meetings, except two j wmm p, higher during the next than daring
or three times on extraordinary occasions,
(Preaching, or something of feat kind.)
They have held tire public meetings every
year, 4th of July and fear anniversary—
dehvered Temperance Lectures and speeches
on nil them aeeariens, distributed Temper
ance tracts, and as a result of there labors,
they have a Traqwrinre community.
La Ga C.t.B.
fee past twelve months. Of course, this re
sult may be prevented by war or other ex-
treardiaary contingencies, of which we nuke
no account in onr calculations.
The immiaft prospect of aa inadequate
■apply of eetoon from the growing crop ex
cites serious apprehension in Great Britain.
The Economist says:
•• To those who are familiar wife cotton
statistics, ferae figures may weU nnctrisn
grave consideration; for stupendous as is
the expansion of manufactures in this coun
try, it will be found that the aggregate per
eeatage increase in the consumption of cot
ton in foreign Europe surpasses even its
rapid extension in Great Britain. When it
is found that after the largest crop ever col
lected in fee United States, and with aver-
mgk prod action in other countries, fee stocks
of cotton an less than they were twelve
months ago, the momentous question arises,
Bow is this demon 1 for cotton to be supplied:
Until roseally the advices from the United _ Sf Enquirer.
Total revenue for the year, £56,834,711
It will thus be seeu that the articles which
enter so generally into consumption among
the laboring classes, pay over £21,000,000
sterling, or fully thirty-eight per cent, of
the aggregate revenue of the United King
dom. Malt liquors form the prominent bev
erage of the poorer classes, and although to
bacco has been heretofore enumerated among
the luxuries of the people of Europe, yet it
is essentially, among the English, an article
of consumption among their poOT. The Lon
don Quarterly remarks: “ It is curious to
observe how very largely the revenue of
Great Britain depends on what goes into the
mouth. * • • The duties of between
thirty and thirty-one millions are levied up
on articles ofuniversalcousumptionin Eng
land. All but a mere fraction of this may
be in some sort regarded as voluntary taxa
tion, so for as the consumers are concerned.’*
But the most striking feature to us, of the
whole exhibit, is the severe taxation upon
one article of American manufacture, to the
extent of £4,466,000 or £22,300,000 annu
al 1J. Instead of taxing the real and per
sonal property of the Kingdom and the indi
vidual income to such an extent as will cover
largely, the expenditures of the nation,
those articles are taxed heavily which enter
into into the daily consumption of the lower
classes.
Free trade has been the favorite principle
of a leading party in Great Britain, and it
is urged strongly in some quarters in our
own country. It is a beautiful theory on
paper, and might be urged for our adoption
when other countries remove their enormous
taxes upon American products. But as long
as Tobacco is subject to a duty of twenty-
one millions sterling, and Sugar and Molas
ses an equal amount, among a people whose
entire products, imported into the United
States, pay only fifteen to eighteen millions
of dollars duty annually, it would be weil
for the friends of free trade to defer to ad
vocacy of this doctrine.
The « London Quarterly” has, in a few
words, clearly defined Free Trade, viz:—
u It is in its very essence a mercenary, un
social, demoralizing system, opposed to all
generous actions, ail kindly feelings. Bas
ed on selfishness—the most pervading as well
os the most powerful of our vicious propen
sities—it directs that impulse into the lowest
of all channels, the mere sordid . pursuit of
wealth. It teaches competition and isola
tion, instead of co-operation and brother
hood ; it substitutes a vague and impracti
cable Cosmopolitism, for a lofty and enno
bling patriotism ; it disregards the claims of
humanity towards the poor, if opposed to
the pecuniary interests of fee richer; it
takes no account of all that should exalt
man in the seals of bring, but elevates to
exclusive importance his most degrading
tendencies. Wealth is its cad and aim, and
mammon its divinity.”
In advocating Domestic Manufactures,
Adam Smith farther illnstrmtss fee impoli
cy of Free Trade—a system comparatively
unknown in his time.
c< The entire price or value of every home
made article constitutes net revenue, net in-
eoare to British subjects. Not a portion of
fee value, bat fee whole value is resolvable
into net income aad revenue, maintaining
British families and creating or sustaining
British markets. Perchance British articles
wife British articles, and yaw create two
such aggregate values; whereas, on fee con
trary, the entire raise of every foreign ar
ticle nuported is net inesare to fee foreigner,
aad creates and sustains foreign Markets,”
at fee expense of fee liuuflt market
wbatitwtiag •• American” for « Brit
ish” in fee above quotation, fee American
legislator can apply fee principle to onr own
markets and onr own people. It would be
difficult to embody views, in' consonance wife
fee American system, in language more
terse or more clear than feat need in the
above extract from Adam Smith, aad wc
cordially commend it to fee consideration
and adoption of the American people, and
thrir representatives in Congress.—Courier
, in which feo disastrous and fatal • past century, that fio* recurs to our minds
effects of maltreatment by medical men, as j i„ the fanaticisms of the pest there war
yrell as the mischiefs of popular ignorance, nothing calculated to develop fee
wealth'
prosperity, to contribute to the
now unhappily so frequent in our country, bouse of a nation's agricultural or mann-
by reason ot the murderous recklessness of J factoring greatness. Downright fanatieiamf
human life in the men entrusted with our mled everything—practical remits were
public conveyances, in which steam is cm- j counted as nothing—and mere theories, hr
ployed. i the hands of enthusiasts, ruling for the mo-’
So long ago as 1830, i„ the first Ameri- j ment, crushed, blasted and prostrated, the
can edition of Cooper’s Surgical Dictionary, I prospect and happiness of millions. Not so,
published by the Harpers of this city, we j however, with the Mormons. Although ta-
took occasion to urge upon the profession ! natico of fee moot odious and repulaira dem
and the public, the iinportmce cf a better | eriptitm, morally, still they hare proved
philosophy and practice in the medical man- | themselves good agriculturists, first rate
agement of the mischiefs resulting from 1 mechanics and builders, enterprising maaw-
such accidents, than that usually in vogue, i focturersand wherever'they have settled, or
We then stated the results of our experience ] even a portion of them, they have left marks
for ten years in the treatment of scalds and I of improvement. Look at Nauvoo for in
burns by the instant application of wheat | stance, whence tliqy were expelled.
flour an article always at hand, and the j at the City of Salt Lake, now their head-
perseverance of this application alone till all j quarters, and it will be seen that they im-
the acute inflamation had subsided. Our . prove the surface of the earth, notwithatan-
theory and practice thus promulgated, was j ding the degrading tendency of their qririt-
approved and recommended in the then forth- ya ( doctrines.
We have been led into these remarks by
coming edition in London, by Mr. Samuel
Cooper himself, and has since found its way
without credit into numerous publications at
home and abroad. Even, in the late Thera
peutical work of Dr. T. D. Mitchell, of Phil
adelphia, this identical practice is ascribed
to Dr. John Thomas, of England! who in
1832 called the attention of the profession
thereto, as we are told in the Ohio Medical
Lyceum ; two years alter our publication
as aforesaid, and twelve years after onr
testimony to its efficacy had been publish
ed.
But waving the unimportant subject of
priority, we are grived to learn from the
public press that such multitudes arc annu
ally perishing by scalds in steamboats, and
from burns by camphene gas, and otherwise;
nearly all of which, however severely burn
ed, we do not hesitate to say, might be pre
served from a fatal result if this simple
practic were adopted imediately after such
accidents. Instead of this, however, we
hear of the application of cold water, lead
water, molasses, oils; cotton, <> pain extrac
tors,” etc., accompanied almost uniformly
by death of the sufferer, and often « after
lingering in excrutiating torture” for days
or hours.
Now, it ought to be promulgated to the
profession, and for humanity's sake to be
known to the whole people, that in any case
of burn or scald, however extensive, all the
acute suffering of the patient may be at once
and permanently relieved, and that in a
moment of time, by sprinkling over the in
jured surface a thick layer of wheat flour
by the hand, or what is better, by a dredg
ing box. Every vestige of pain produced by
such injuries is instantly removed, and the
sufferer not ouly escapes the shock to the
nervous system accompanying such torture,
but will generally fall into a quiet sleep the
fnoment the atmospheric temperature is thus
excluded from the wounds.
Why, then, should persons feus injured
be allowed to die with intense agony occa
sioned by burns and scalds, as they often
do, if not without treatment, by the appli
cations so often made, many of which aug
ment their sufferings, and render such in
juries irrepairablc ? Even in the late ex
plosion on board the Reindeer, it is said that
many of the scalded lived for hours, suffer
ing all the time from their external injuries,
and then treated with raw cotton, lime water
and linseed oil, etc., till they were dead.
Not a pang need have been endured beyond
the time necessary to apply the flour, which
must have been at hand, if the ignorance of
their friends, and the antiquated prejudices
of their medical advisers, had not led them
to rely upon the miserable substitutes which
superstition has cannouized for centuries
And so we affirm of every case of burn and
scald, even if the entire surface has suffer'
ed
In the New York aad Bellevue hospitals
this mode of treating burns has been long
in use; till recently, as we learn, the same
object has been effected at the former insti
tution by the anahigous method of covering
the injured parts with a mucilage of gum
arabic, so as to protect the denuded surface
from the atmosphere, and which the sur
geons there prefer to the flour in some ca
ses ; where the weight of the flour becomes
an inconvenience. To this method we make
no objection, but having for so many years
employed the flour alone, to the exclusion of
all other agents, and in every variety and
extent of injuries by fire, we have .thus reit
erated our testimony, and as this agent is
found in every house, and can be instantly
procured with more readiness than any of
the other articles named, we give it the
preference over all others.
And we repeat our full persuasion, that
not one in a hundred of those perishing by
burns and scalds, need succumb their inju
ries, if they were at once, or as soon after
as may be, covered with wheat Hoar. We
have applied it successfully, after numerous
looking over the printed proceedings of fee
Mormon Conference, held in the Tabernacle*
at Salt Lake on the 28th of August last. A
Urge number of missionaries were appointed
to visit various quarters of the globe. Faith
ful to the duties imposed by their chureh,
most of them immediately departed for their
respective locations. The appointees go a-
broad, some for three, others, for seven
years during which time they sre to lay
aside worldly interests, forget. wives, chil
dren, and friends, and devote themselves to
the propagation of their doctrine and fee
making of converts. They go without^ •puna
or scrip,” or hope of prospective pecuniary
reward. Fanaticism of any kind never ex
hibit greater disinterestedness, or devotion.
This fact all will admit.—JV. O. Bulletin.
By the proceedings of the conference we
see that the following number of missionar
ies have been sent to the respective places
named :
To England XT
Ireland 2
Wales 8.
France 1
Germany 4
Capital of Prussia 3
Norw ay 2
Denmark 1
Gibraltar 2
Ilindosion 9
Siam 2
China 3
Cape of Good Hope 3
Nova Scotia and British Provinces 4
West Indies 4
British Guiana 2
Texas 3
New Orleans 1 -
St. Louis 1
Iowa 1
Washington City 1
Australia
court
The Richmond (Va.)
inst. relates the following scene in
room in that city.
On Friday last, while John A. Johnson
was undergoing a trial on the charge of fe
loniously killing a negro, a scene took place
in the court-room that can never be effaced
from the memory of those who witnessed it.
Mr. Thos. P. August, one of the counsel for
the det'eucc, hail just closed a beautiful and
touching npjical tj the court and jury, and
Mr. Young, for the cuiumonwealtb, hod
arisen to cud his duty, when Mrs. Johnson,
the wife of the prisoner, leading her infant
boy by the hand, walked up to Mr. Y., and
with her arms outstretched to heaven, her
checks suffused in tears, fell upon her knees
and begged him lor God's sake not to prose
cute her husband. The little boy, too, as if
understanding that his protector was in dan
ger, sobbed aloud for mercy.
Such a scene in a court-room we have nev
er before witnessed- The prosecutor turned
deadly pale, and stood as if transfixed to the
spot, his feelings and his sense of duty ap
parently struggling for the mastery.—
Scarce a dry eye could he seen in tho room,
and busines* was entirely suspended until
Mrs. Johnson was removed. Rut her ap
peal to justice had not been lost. The pout
up grief of a wife had burst the bars of con
vcntionalisin, and like an electric spark had
found a lodgment in the hearts of the behol
ders. For the moment we felt, that if we
had the power though the prisoner were doub
ly guilty, the self sacrificing devotion, the
undying love, the public intercession of that
wife had sufficiently atoned for the rrimrs
of the husband, and we would bid him go in
peace and sin no more.*
When the manifest feeling of sympathy
which exhibited itself on every countenance
present, had somewhat subsided, the praaa-
cution proceeded, the case was givefc to the
other remedies had been unsuccessful, and J ur J * ▼erdiet of not guilty returned.
when many hours had elapsed after the ac
cident. To give this suggestion to the peo
ple, and scatter it broadcast over the land,
will save a multitude of lives iu a single
year. ...
A Breipe to core Bawd Disrate.
Take a Urge single handful of the inside
bark of the Red Oak, ditto of the inside bark
of Black Haw root, ditto, of the Dewberry
Brier root. Boil them together in a gallon
of water, down to half a gallon; then strain
fee water through a coarse muslin cloth;
then put it into the pot, and add to it one
ounce of powdered ginger, one ounce of
powdered nutmeg, and one ounce of powd
ered cinnamon bark, and boil it down to a
quart; then add to it a quart of French
Brandy, aad two bounds of Loaf sugar,
Keep it covered eloee while boiling aad let
it boil about fifteen minutes—then strain it
into bottles, aad set it away in n cool place
—aad for a doae of it, if the case is a bad
one, take a large tablespoonful every three
hoars nntil the disease is cheeked—and if it
is not a had case, a table spoonfull three
times a day, morning, noon and night.
The above is Verry Strang's infallible
remedy for dirraheea. that never fails to
effect a permanent care.
May the scenes we have attempted to des
cribe ever burn fresh upon fee memory of
Mr. Johnson, turning him aside from vice
and crime, whenever it shall present itself,
is onr earnest prayer.
The Hon. William K. Sebastian was re
elected by the General Assembly of Arkan
sas on the 10th instant to the Senate of the
United States for six years from the 4th of
March next, when his present tana will ex
pire.
A Cabinet Meeting was held on Saturday
afternoon—fee object Of which has net
transpired, bnt it is supposed to consult on
the message of fee President.
A Washington Utter writer ateten feat
General Pierce Trill mi bn hie cabinet atfVm
cord, and that he will ease to
ready to an non nee it.
The Poef aster General's report, It in 9
■••d, will exhibit n great iaereatof in fee
number of letters seat during fee past year,
bat a JaLing of nearly a million- of ■H 11 —t
in the receipts under the new law. '*’’*
The total valae ot foreign exp tote front
Baltimore, for the week ending
day, waa#98g06o. The export of hrendateAb
for the week compromise 6,321 ha ratio of
flour, 5,571 bnabels of wheat, l ,J8h banels
of egrn filial, and 1,276 bushels of corn